The Church Has a Past - Has it Got a Future?

by Rev Andy Roland

ISBN: 9781915465825

Published: 2025-05-28

The book is packed full of history and enormous challenges. It is an adventurous journey through the history of the Church and asks important questions for its future. A well-crafted and fascinating pilgrimage, stopping often to be refreshed and challenged. Andy Roland considers three fundamental questions: Where were we? Where are we? Where could we be? CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS During 2000 years of Christianity, what questions arose from society to which the Church could give a response? (spoiler alert - the questions kept changing) NEW WORLD/NEW CONSCIOUSNESS All major changes and developments since 2000 are described: from liberalism to autocracy, from graphene to CRISPR, from sexualities to AI, from mindfulness to food banks. BEING CREDIBLE IN THE POST-MODERN WORLD Has the Church got a future in the public square? Only by reformulating its understanding of its sacred cows, such as the Bible, other faiths, sin and death. Enjoy the Ride!